From time to time we have to clean the dumpster. Usually my trash company just exchanges it and gives us a clean one, but since I have started using a smaller dumpster, they no longer switch them out.
A couple of weeks ago I was washing dishes at home and tidying up the kitchen before leaving for work when I remembered that this was the day to clean the dumpster. It had been emptied that morning, and it was very, very warm outside which would make for a stinky dumpter during dinner service. So I grabbed my unhappy husband, and since our pressure washer had been stolen from our home, we headed to Lowe's for a new one.
My husband picked out a very, very nice and expensive pressure washer. He asked me if I had safety goggles, and looked unhappily at my flip flop clad feet is comparison to his steel toed boots. We got to the restaurant and hooked everything up. As we started pressure washing the dumpster, we realized that the drain is 3 inches up the side of the dumpster. This meant that all the gunk was not able to drain out of the dumpster. My unhappy husband took a long landscaping timber, and pried up the side of the dumpster while I placed additional timbers under the edge.
Now as we sprayed, the water and gunk drained out very well. But when we sprayed too hard the gunk splashed back onto our "safety goggles", our hair, nose, ears, clothes, and flip flops. It was one of the dirtiest jobs I've ever done. But now the dumpster is clean and smells fresh.
Today I played golf with my mother and daughter. I hate golf. I'd rather clean a dumpster.
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